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This technically isn't the first time that the fourth installment in the Assassin's Creed series has been announced -- Ubisoft confirmed earlier this month that the game would be coming to gamers at some point. However, Ubisoft today announced the title of the new game, Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, as well as revealed the box art that will be plastered on PC, PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii U versions of the game.

Stephanie Perotti, director of Uplay, has stated that Ubisoft wants to improve its relationship with PC gamers. The company has had immense popularity with console gamers and has shown favoritism to consoles in the past. One example would be the company releasing games, like Assassin's Creed 3, to the consoles one month before they become available for PC gamers. Ubisoft has been working to attempt to balance its love between both console gamers and PC gamers.

It looks like Electronic Arts and Ubisoft are taking the whole "embrace the competition" phrase to a new level. the two companies have announced that they will be offering each others' games on UPlay and Origin, meaning that you'll be able grab EA games on UPlay and Ubisoft games on Origin, something that we don't see happen very often.

Today during Ubisoft's post-earnings financial call, company CEO Yves Guillemot announced that the next installment in the Assassin's Creed series will launch in Ubisoft's fiscal year 2014, which could be anytime between April 1, 2013 and March 31, 2014. The game will feature a new protagonist and will be set in a new time period.

A letter sent out to THQ employees today from the company's CEO Brian Farrell and president Jason Rubin spell out everything that has happened with the game studio after its bankruptcy filing a while back. Essentially, THQ's multiple studios have been broken apart, and its games have been sold off to various other publishers.

If you've yet to dive into the world of Far Cry, you might want to wait awhile before you go tracking down the older games in the series. That's due to new whispers of an Ultimate Far Cry bundle, which may pack some or all of the games in the Far Cry series together in one retail offering. A listing for the bundle was spotted on UK retailer GAME's website, though at the moment, details are few and far between.

Earlier this week, we found out that THQ had filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy after its incredibly successful Humble Bundle. Clearlake Capital Group put in a stalking horse bid for the company's assets, which effectively wipes out THQ's debt so the company can keep day-to-day operations and development on upcoming games going while a buyer is tracked down. According to MCV, that buyer might just be massive French publisher Ubisoft, which is responsible for the very popular Assassin's Creed series, among other big franchises.

It looks like placing the Assassin's Creed series in an entirely different setting has worked wonders for the series, as Assassin's Creed III has officially sold over 7 million copies. This milestone comes just over a month after the game launched for Xbox 360 and PS3, which is pretty impressive for any game that doesn't have "Call of Duty" in the title. Perhaps unsurprisingly, this makes Assassin's Creed IIIUbisoft's fastest selling game ever.

Tom Hardy, the British actor who played Bane in The Dark Knight Rises, has signed on to play the main protagonist, Sam Fisher, in the upcoming adaptation of video game franchise Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell. The movie is still in its planning stages and the series' developer Ubisoft is still in talks to sign on a movie studio.